i'm luann bennett. in business, you bring everyone to the table and work to get results. congress just doesn't get that-- there's too much partisanship. i approve this message because washington needs more common-sense problem solvers. announcer: from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. jummy: we are following some breaking news from landover hills, ireland. a tree has fallen on a child. that child -- from landover hills, maryland. a tree has fallen on a child. that child is now on the way to the hospital. we will bring you more information as we get it. akiller is on the list after shooting in northeast washington. sam sweeney with the very latest on the investigation. sam: the only thing left at this homicide scene are these rubber gloves and used radical supply bags

save this man's life. just before midnight, it was a much different scene. that is when police say a shot -- shots rang out, a man was shot of the stomach. paramedics tried to save his life but he was pronounced dead at a local hospital. these lanes of rhode island avenue between 10th and 12th were closed. this as homicide investigators 7:30, for clues three by firefighters had sprayed soap and water to clean up the gruesome scene. police have not released a motive or suspect information, but they believe a blue ford with tinted windows was involved. if you have any information in this murder, you are asked to contact police. this is the 89, cited the district so far this year. homicide inhe 89th the district so far this year. a string of stabbings -- jummy: history of stabbings reported. less than an hour later,

police responded to another stabbing in the 1700 block of columbia road. officers say another stabbing was reported at 16th and lamont street. stabbing, another this time at irving street and 14th street. all of these happening within three hours of each other. police are on the scene of a fatal pedestrian accident in the alexandria section of fairfax county. a man was struck and killed by an suv around 6:00 this morning. with the videos that shows what happened. john: we are at route 1 in the of fairfaxy section county. the southbound lanes is where this accident occurred, just before the intersection of mohawk lane. take a look at some of the video. we captured video of a backpack, a bear of shoes -- a pair of shoes, and up all caps the longing to the victim. an older gentleman was trying to

morning. we want to show you exclusive surveillance video seconds before impact. you can see the man crossing at the top of the screen between traffic, and then the headlights of the suv appear. unfortunately, the man was not at a crosswalk. the driver of the large gmc yukon stops immediately. extensive front end damage to the vehicle. it was a powerful impact. the victim was dragged some 50 feet and was pronounced dead at the scene. some loved ones arrived a short time later, visibly very distraught and emotional. >> this road is notorious for people jaywalking, going to the bus stop early in the morning between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. also, the crosswalk is just 100 feet down, but the people do not walk down that way. john: the driver was at the scene all morning long, being interviewed by police. right now, no indignation of any char

charges. the victim has not been identified. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. jummy: we want to get a check of the roadways, see if that road is now open. jamie sullivan has that. 1 is back open in alexandria right now. we are not seeing any issues in alexandria, so we're happy to report that. if you have to head north of reagan national airport on the gw parkway, it is quiet. six miles per hour -- you see that behind me. inbound at new york avenue and 50, we are seeing some volume. same thing in both directions on kenilworth avenue, south of eastern avenue. a few brake lights and that is it, nothing to worry about in the district as far as accidents. the big picture look -- mostly seeing green. not a lot going on on the capital beltway through prince george's county. it is quiet. the outer loop as you approach 450, and accident -- an accident has been cleared away. continuing

bridge, or if you are heading north toward annandale through tysons and getting to the american legion bridge, it is clear. let's talk about metro. on the orange and silver lines, we had some issues with train malfunctions. in the past five minutes, that has wrapped up and now we have normal. everything is normal on the orange and silver lines. we do still have safetrack surge number eight, with the blue line signal tracking at franconia-springfield and van dorn. jummy: dozens of people rushed to save a driver's life after a fallen tree. the tree crushed his car. he was taken by d.c. fire and ems personnel. the massive tree came crashing down on a passenger car. according to police, dozens of people helped lifted off the vehicle so that -- helped lift it off the vehicle so that first responders c

enlist that tree up and slide the car backwards from underneath the tree where they were able to after kick the man stuck inside. he was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries now. jummy: the driver's name has not been released. but he is now hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. school just started, but for kids in frederick, they get an unscheduled day off. monotonous he valley -- monotonou-- we are your source for back-to-school coverage all across the region, and we want kids' firstf those day of school photos. if you are sent this picture in of margo on second-rate preach even has the matching american girl doll on her way to school. thanks for sending that in. you can send your photo to us

. you can see that on the air or on our website, wjla.com. final preseason game with the buccaneers in tampa bay has been moved up from thursday to tomorrow night, wednesday night, due to a tropical depression. the system is now headed toward florida's gulf coast. the redskins' kickoff tomorrow is at 8:00. doug hill is tracking the storms and our local weather. doug: let's take a quick look. lots of stuff is happening along the coast and the gulf. this is tropical depression number 9. it is expected to move to the north and the northeast, headed to the tampa bay area, probably thursday. but there is a chance as early as tomorrow evening with the football game, there could be some gusty wind, showers, and thunderstorms in the area. that will likely become a tropical storm, as is this one on the coast. th

hermine, and the second will be ian. the beaches will probably get breeze but mainly rough surf. it looks like in about 60 miles per hour wind. plenty of rain north of the tampa bay area, cutting across jacksonville, then going off the coast, offshore. mostly rough surf and would -- mostly rough surf and rip tides. he will give coastal section some riptide's and rough surf as we head into the holiday weekend. temperatures right now, fairly comfortable, low to mid 80's around the region. 86 at region national debt at reagan national. , itor the rest of this day will be sunny, a bit toasty, approaching 90 degrees. our average high is 85. if you are planning for a holiday weekend here or at t

our beach forecast will be coming up in a few minutes. jummy: donald trump is using a scandal from a disgraced former congressman to attack hillary clinton. this morning donald trump is increasing his attacks on hillary clinton's closest aide. huma abedin announced her split monday from disgraced former congressman anthony weiner, caught in yet another sexting scandal. mr. trump: he is a sick person and she has access to classified information. >> she released a statement saying that after long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, i have separated from my husband. anthony weiner is back in the tabloids after the "new york post" published raunchy pictures allegedly sent by anthony weiner

he accidentally tweeted a lewd photo of himself. the allegations from several women piled up, but abedin stayed by her husband's side. >> i love him, i have forgiven him. i believe in him. it is like being in a nightmare. >> there has been a line of attack for months for trump. abedin is also at the center of e-mails raising questions about meetings between high-level clinton foundation donors and the then secretary of state. hillary clinton is not responding. , who has been with the democratic nominee on a fund-raising swing in the hamptons. jummy:

involving a dozen cars. motorists racing to save each other's lives. ahead, killed with a crucifix by her own mother. wait until you hear why the mom says she did it. and the reason apple owns ireland.

announcer: you are watching "abc 7 news at noon," on your side. jummy: you have to check out this unbelievable video, a 10-car pileup in binghamton, new york, earlier this month. bystanders jump into action, helping to put up the flames o

woman in time. no one was killed 10 people were taken to the hospital. the mayor of the town is trying thedentify the people in video to recognize them for the rescue efforts. we are following new details in the bizarre murder case in oklahoma. 49-year-old juanita gomez has been arrested, charged with doing her three-year-old daughter in a daemonic fashion. police say a woman shoved -- the woman shoved a crucifix down her throat and watched her die. according to documents, her mother thought her daughter was possessed by the devil. was saying things incoherent like don't understand her. jummy: the woman also tried to choke the boyfriend by -- to keep him from calling police. to marry hisans girlfriend, and no

now we turn to a search for answers after a murder on cornell university's i be doing -- cornell university's ivy league campus. a person was stabbed to death because a young woman was bumped into at a party. gio benitez has more. sophomore worked hard all his life to escape the inner-city streets, but his life was cruelly cut suddenly short after an altercation on a campus of one of the most elite schools in america. cops launched a massive manhunt for possible suspects. it began when he went to a party with a friend at nearby cornell university. his friend share this video with us am a showing him dancing with fellow partygoers. now this morning, his sister is sharing heartbreaking new details. >> his friend bumped some girl by accident and he apologized

the both of them apologized. even my brother apologized, and he did not bump the girl. they saw it was a situation that was going to escalate more than it was supposed to. >> two patients, patient under one stabbed in the top left quadrant of the chest. we have had a lot of videos submitted by folks who were in the area. that has helped put some of the people -- some of the pieces of the puzzle together. >> the families left three stricken with so many questions. >> i do not understand how someone could take someone's life away like that. >> overnight, his family attorney released a statement saying, "the family wants the person responsible for his death to be apprehended and held accountable with the potential of life in prison." jummy: we head overseas now where brussels has

apple to pay $14.6 billion in back taxes to the irish government. that is the single biggest bill for tax avoidance in eu history. that brings to end a controversial sweetheart tax 2.6%in which apple pays corporate tax in ireland. to the forecast now, where the weather is still kind of staying on like august. the first week of september is going to be nice. let's get started for your midday coverage per we will start with a live image from our weatherbug camera. is 87 degrees on the west coast of florida, overlooking the gulf of mexico. clouds lined up, no indication of storminess yet, but over the next 48 hours, that picture will change, as will the sky and beach conditions. locally, we have that

south of cape hatteras. however, what is happening down there is really -- see for yourself at ocean city. it is not bad at all. still sunny, very light wind right now. you see a few waves breaking offshore. but the effect of this tropical stuff we are watching, any effect of those two systems passing well to the selfies over the next several days. we will get rough surf and rip tides. 84at reagan national, degrees at fredericksburg. 81 at winchester. martinsburg, a very pleasant day. few hours,xt temperatures will rise. an average around 90 degrees this afternoon. that is still hot, only five degrees above average. there could be a stray shower over the mountains late this afternoon. our futurecast goes to 2:30 this afternoon. you start to see the circulation from the tropical

disturbance could be a tropical storm by tomorrow. in edge and day after day of the wind coming out of the east/northeast, that will rough up the source -- that will rough up the surf. it will be fairly clear overnight and tomorrow morning, with a lot of sunshine. the next cold front comes in. a lot of showers initially, but as it works eastward, we think probably only a few light showers. it looks like the sun itself may not come through until thursday morning, so thursday may be a little bit of a better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms than tomorrow afternoon will be. 90 degrees today, 69 tonight. tomorrow, more humid. back to the 90-degree mark. the heat and humidity kind of ends. when we get through the final day of august. thursday, a chance of showers and thunderstorms when the front crosses the area. 86. look at friday, saturday, sunday, monday.

control room so i do not have to do this too long? kind of a beautiful thing here. up to 87 degrees for labor day. if you are heading for the local beaches, i think you will find weatherwise the temperatures in the low to mid 80's with sunshine, but there will be a rip current risk, especially from the a marvin beaches southward to the carolinas. -- from the dell marva beaches southward to the carolinas. a nice weekend. we need it. tomy: next at noon, you want watch closely. the reason why amazon is trying

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machines do not reduce the risk of a heart attack while you are asleep. studied 2700 patients and found that while the cpap is an effective sleep aid, it did not risk -- it did higheduce the risk of blood pressure and heart attacks. the good news is that it cuts back on snoring. if you need more than coffee to get through the day, how about the story? one company is making the weekend longer. that is what "the washington post" reports amazon will do come experimenting with a 30-hour work week. it is a pilot program with a small team working a shorter week. instead of the 9 to 5, a few dozen people will work monday through thursday. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ne a

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jummy: a new group of celebrities are ready to step out of their comfort zone and onto the dance floor. , as welles ryan lochte as been allies, former texas governor rick perry.

on abc 7 on september 13. doug: it is a long season. andstory today is the heat humidity back, about 90 degrees today and tomorrow. it will be uncomfortable but not the extreme levels per the cold front comes in and starts to cool things off. it looks like it will arrive thursday, so we have a better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. highs back in the middle 80's. here at home, this is the forecast. mostly sunny, low to mid 80's friday, saturday, and sunday, warmer on labor day, on monday, and at the beaches it looks much the same. our only concern is about the possible tropical storms for the carolinas, northward, a bit of rough surf by saturday through monday. jummy: thanks for joining us at midday.

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